Tech Firms' Security Must Be ‘Transparent and Proactive': Intel Survey

Organizations prefer buying from tech firms that “are transparent and proactive” in helping them manage cybersecurity risk, a survey found. Intel hired Ponemon Institute to canvass nearly 1,900 individuals in the U.S., U.K., Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa who are involved in overseeing their organizations’ IT infrastructure security. About three-quarters said it’s highly important that their technology provider offer “hardware-assisted capabilities to mitigate software exploits.” A similar proportion said their organizations are more likely to buy technologies and services from providers that proactively fight security vulnerabilities. Forty-eight percent said their tech providers don’t do this.